The Recovery Timeline

Stability unfolds in phases

Shock.
Emotional spike.
Binary thinking.

Do not decide.

Nervous system settling.
Energy fluctuates.
Clarity still unstable.

Regulate physiology.

Cognitive clarity returning.
Emotion intensity decreasing.
Perspective widening.

Now reassess.

Structure rebuilding.
Routine returning.
Decision capacity stabilizing.

Make contained decisions only.

Integration phase.
Lessons consolidating.
Clarity stronger than before.

Act deliberately.

Bottom Anchor:

Stability is not instant.
It is sequential.